"homesitter" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: homesitters [plural]
Etymology: home + sitter Etymology templates: {{compound|en|home|sitter}} home + sitter Head templates: {{en-noun}} homesitter (plural homesitters)
  1. a person employed to live in and take care of a home when the usual occupants are away Synonyms: house sitter, house-sitter, housesitter, home-sitter, home sitter Related terms: babysitter, catsitter, dogsitter, petsitter, puppysitter, sitter, bedsitter Translations (homesitter): Homesitter [masculine] (German), Homesitterin [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-homesitter-en-noun-ESY6WUk9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for homesitter meaning in English (1.3kB)

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